TVOntario
1) Black coffee
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 174 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A documentary series that traces the unique and volatile history of coffee: from its discovery on an ancient Ethiopian hillside to its role as a contemporary elixir, coffee has dominated and molded the economics, politics and social structure of entire countries.
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (1 folded sheet ([6] pages) : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Language
English
Description
Photographer Edward Burtynsky travels the world observing changes in landscapes due to industrial work and manufacturing.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Max's Chocolate Chicken": Max and Ruby are looking for Easter Eggs, and whoever finds the most gets the Chocolate Chicken. "Ruby's beauty shop": Louise is coming over to play Beauty Shop with Ruby. "Max drives away": When Max drives away in his little red car, Ruby needs to play detective. "Camp out": Ruby wants to camp outside, but Max wants to sleep outside the tent. "Ruby's clubhouse": Ruby and Louise play in their private clubhouse. "Max's picnic":...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hop into seven springtime rescues with the PAW Patrol, including a double-length mission to save Adventure Bay's Easter Egg Hunt! Plus, protect Farmer Yumi's vegetable garden, Mayor Goodway's tulips, missing songbirds, lost sheep and more!
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the title story, when Max decides to dress up as a vampire for Halloween, Ruby is afraid Max will scare Grandma when they go trick-or-treating at her house. But when Grandma answers the door, it's Ruby who gets the fright!
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Max and Ruby are back to celebrate Easter and springtime. Max & Ruby is a fun, sweet, and entertaining property for youngsters that promotes teamwork, problem solving, communication, and sibling companionship.
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.
Language
English
Description
The inhabitants of Mammoth Island learn about electricity during the annual lemon harvest. They learn how current and static electricity are different and what metals make the best conductors of electricity.
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.
Language
English
Description
The Mammoth Islanders are looking for an alternative to using mammoths to deliver their pizzas so they experiment with different internal combustion engines, from rockets to turbofan jet engines to gasoline engines. By comparing the advantages and drawbacks of these engines, they determine which one will serve their business best and ensure that the pizzas are delivered on time.
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.
Language
English
Description
A visiting inventor discovers just how useful Mammoth Island's mammoth population is in keeping things warm one freezing winter day. The Islanders learn that heat can be travel from one place to another in three ways: conduction, convection, or radiation.
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.
Language
English
Description
The Mammoth Islanders invite a visiting inventor to a noisy concert of musical mammoths. Then they learn the principles behind various wind, string, brass and percussion instruments. The result is music to their ears.
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"How can you make peace when what you really want is revenge? In the wake of 37 million casualties at the end of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson took his dream of a League of Nations to Paris to seek "peace everlasting, " joining over 30 international delegations who descended upon the city fo the most ambitious peace talks in history. Helmed by the Big Four (the United States, France, Great Britain and Italy), the Paris Peace Conference ultimately...
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.
Language
English
Description
Two young Mammoth Islanders and a visiting inventor learn the properties of light by observing a room full of crystal trophies. They learn that light waves can do three things when they strike an object: they can bounce, they can pass through; or they can be absorbed. The Islanders also studied lenses to bend light, and they looked through telescopes, periscopes, and binoculars.
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.
Language
English
Description
When a mammoth delivering canvas awnings gets lifted off the ground by the wind, the Mammoth Islanders discover the power of the wind. The Islanders experiment and eventually learn the right combination of the four forces involved in flight: gravity, lift, thrust, and drag.
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (13 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.
Language
English
Description
A bridge collapses and strands a Mammoth Islander and his mammoth on a small island. A young Islander discovers the principle of buoyancy when she observes wood floating on the water, and this aids in the rescue.
Publisher
Viacom International
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
How do you make your way in the world - and even in your own house - when your big sister knows just the "right way" to do everything? Just ask Max, a three-year-old bunny with lots of determination and a little bit of mischief too. It doesn't matter that his big sister Ruby thinks she has a lot to teach him: Max has his own ideas. Join their loving, laughing sibling rivalry!